Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SHUPE, ELIZABETH A

Tech Center 1600 • Art Units: 1643 1644

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

62.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
112
Total Applications
+46.9%
Interview Lift
1293
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 59 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
18.7%
§102 Novelty
25.1%
§103 Obviousness
33.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18033165 ANTI-CD20 ANTIBODIES AND THERAPEUTIC USES THEREOF Non-Final OA Xencor, Inc.
17263675 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CD3-POSITIVE CELL Non-Final OA Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
17998641 METHODS AND ANTIBODIES IN TREATMENT OF FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS (FSGS) Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18464580 ANTI-KLK7 ANTIBODIES, ANTI-KLK5 ANTIBODIES, MULTISPECIFIC ANTI-KLK5/KLK7 ANTIBODIES, AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18257444 ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC FOR QSOX1 AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
17627085 ANTIBODIES AGAINST HUMAN TREM-1 AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
17286203 Combination Therapy for Melanoma Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
18261414 CD27-EXTRACELLULAR DOMAIN CAR TO TARGET CD70-POSITIVE TUMORS Non-Final OA BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
17291959 CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR MEMORY-LIKE (CARML) NK CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA Washington University
18175049 ALLOGENEIC THERAPEUTIC CELLS Non-Final OA Kite Pharma, Inc.
18167438 METHODS OF SENSITIZING CANCER TO IMMUNOTHERAPY Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
17631830 T CELL RECEPTORS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection University Health Network
18031969 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR OVERCOMING DR5-INDUCED IMMUNE EVASION BY SOLID TUMORS Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
17050231 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM Non-Final OA University of Virginia Patent Foundation
18451576 Probiotic-Guided CAR-T Cells for Tumor Targeting Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
17627077 NMDA RECEPTOR CONSTRUCTS TO DETECT AND ISOLATE NMDAR AUTOANTIBODIES Non-Final OA Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. (DZNE)
18308899 NOVEL CELLULAR RECEPTORS AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
17614786 IMMUNOGENIC COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection Telethon Kids Institute
17178595 ANTI-HER2 POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Final Rejection Denali Therapeutics Inc.
18698856 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 Non-Final OA Maddon Advisore LLC
17634968 NOVEL LOX-1 ANTIBODY COMPOSITIONS, LOX1 NEUTRALIZATION ASSAY AND METHODS OF TREATMENT USING SAME Non-Final OA The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
17909553 MODULATING ANTI-TUMOR IMMUNITY Non-Final OA STICHTING HET NEDERLANDS KANKER INSTITUUT-ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK ZIEKENHUIS
18266125 ANTI-EGFR NANOBODY AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SIMCERE ZAIMING PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
18276703 ENGINEERED IMMUNE EFFECTOR CELLS EXPRESSING EXOGENOUSLY INTRODUCED CYTOKINES Non-Final OA NANJING LEGEND BIOTECH CO., LTD.
17921042 TREATMENT OF CANCERS WITH AN ANTIBODY THAT BINDS LGR5 AND EGFR Final Rejection Merus N.V.
17919043 PREPARATION SPECIFICALLY BOUND WITH CD137 AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA SHIHUIDA PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP (JILIN) CO., LTD.
18011291 EPHB2 ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF IN COMBINATION THERAPY Non-Final OA 4C BIOMED SERVICES LTD.
17606523 COMBINATION OF HER2 ANTIBODIES Final Rejection MAB DISCOVERY GMBH
17499012 ACE2-Targeted Compositions and Methods for Treating COVID-19 Final Rejection Maddon Advisors LLC
17042855 VISTA ANTIGEN-BINDING MOLECULES Non-Final OA Hummingbird Bioscience Holdings Pte. Ltd.

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